America Can’t Fight Authoritarianism on the Cheap, Shay Khatiri, The Bulwark

… The Bulwark is a center conservative publication so it is not surprising that they are pro military, perhaps a bit Hawkish… still, it looks like they advocate a large expansion of the military budget and one has to wonder, don’t we spend too much already?… apparently not… present expenditure is about half of peaks reached in post cold war years… and yes, i agree with the article that the threats are real and come from many directions…

One of the reasons President Biden has sought a “stable and predictable” relationship with Russia, and has been hesitant to respond to Russia’s destabilizing unpredictability, is that the United States doesn’t have the resources to confront both Russia and China at the same time. Yet, that’s exactly what it has to do.

… we already don’t pay for it all… how do we balance the budget, grow military spending and grow soft and hard infrastructure spending?… and all in the midst of our own lurch towards Authoritarianism?… something has to give…

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